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Table 1 Demographics and prior history assessed at time of stroke by age group and visit type

From: Differences in healthcare visit frequency and type one year prior to stroke among young versus middle-aged adults

 

Ages 18–44

Ages 45–65

No Visits Prior to Stroke

(N = 3391)

Outpatient Visits Only

(N = 10,812)

Combinationa of Visits

(N = 9872)

No Visits Prior to Stroke

(N = 16,298)

Outpatient Visits Only

(N = 76,226)

Combinationa of Visits

(N = 52,618)

Age (Mean, SD)

36.5

7.0

36.5

6.8

35.8

7.1

55.8

5.4

57.1

5.2

56.8

5.3

Sex – Female (n, %)

1252

36.9%

5760

53.3%

5831

59.1%

5428

33.3%

32,437

42.6%

25,003

47.5%

Total # of Visits Prior

 Mean, SD

7.8

10.9

20.8

24.6

10.8

13.2

26.3

27.6

 Median, IQR

4

2–9

13

6–25

7

3–14

18

9–34

Days from Last Visit

 Mean, SD

49.4

75.1

19.6

43.1

39.5

65.4

16.1

37.0

 Median, IQR

13

2–65

3

1–14

10

2–45

4

1–12

Medical History (n, %)b

 Diabetes

267

7.9%

757

7.0%

888

9.0%

2645

16.2%

14,612

19.2%

11,122

21.1%

 Hypertension

1347

39.7%

3222

29.8%

2945

29.8%

10,446

64.1%

43,782

57.4%

27,409

52.1%

 Obesity

126

3.7%

326

3.0%

352

3.6%

460

2.8%

2115

2.8%

1551

2.9%

 Infections

393

11.6%

1020

9.4%

1271

12.9%

1845

11.3%

7038

9.2%

6835

13.0%

 Coagulopathy

159

4.7%

731

6.8%

741

7.5%

460

2.8%

2182

2.9%

2237

4.3%

 Hypercoagulable state

77

2.3%

429

4.0%

420

4.3%

109

0.7%

741

1.0%

775

1.5%

 Migraine

281

8.3%

1232

11.4%

1207

12.2%

324

2.0%

2348

3.1%

1793

3.4%

 Valvular heart disease

356

10.5%

1218

11.3%

1069

10.8%

2149

13.2%

9205

12.1%

6004

11.4%

 Congenital Heart Disease

6

0.2%

33

0.3%

22

0.2%

5

0.0%

41

0.1%

28

0.1%

 Patent foramen ovale

268

7.9%

906

8.4%

1716

17.4%

501

3.1%

2349

3.1%

1211

2.3%

 Alcohol abuse

607

17.9%

1279

11.8%

1084

11.0%

3801

23.3%

11,584

15.2%

6823

13.0%

 Drug Abuse/Dependence

183

5.4%

294

2.7%

258

2.6%

876

5.4%

1678

2.2%

1209

2.3%

 Smoking

515

15.2%

1130

10.5%

954

9.7%

3372

20.7%

10,604

13.9%

6041

11.5%

 Trauma

170

5.0%

346

3.2%

259

2.6%

287

1.8%

910

1.2%

600

1.1%

  1. a including inpatient, outpatient and/or emergency department
  2. b Collected at time of stroke